Contract labor

Kehoe, Dennis P.

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“…At peak times in the agricultural year, most landowners, tenant farmers and even seasonal workers enjoyed relatively abundant food supply and profits from land. Particularly during the harvest season, a supplement of seasonal labour was necessary (Kehoe 2012: 115, 121; Garnsey 1988: 44; Erdkamp 2005: 320; cf. Cato, Agr .…”

Section: Manual and Casual Labourers In The Graeco-roman Worldmentioning

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“…During the contract years, they had no freedom not to work. Fourthly, tenant farmers paid a fixed rent to landowners monthly in many cases so that it would be almost impossible for them not to work (Kehoe 2012: 116). Fifthly, members in a family business who relied on each other for their survival and rented a workshop had no choice not to work, unless they collectively decided not to work or were rich enough to pay a rental without working.…”

Section: Free(d) Casual Workers With Social Network In the Thessamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Neither would the Thessalonian Christians be relatively wealthy independent labourers, such as contractors, master builders and chief artisans. They would have needed to be financially independent to hire skilled and unskilled workers; or they were wealthy enough to manage projects until the completion of buildings or productions, because they received the payment for ordered projects only after their patrons’ final approval, in particular in the construction business (Kehoe 2012: 124). This does not fit well with the description of the Thessalonians’ low economic status in 2 Cor.…”

Section: Free(d) Casual Workers With Social Network In the Thessamentioning

confidence: 99%

“… 12. Cf. Hawkins 2016: 23-65; Holleran 2011: 165-80; Kehoe 2012: 114-30; Garnsey 1988: 43-86; Wilson and Flohr 2016: 7-8; Broekaert and Zuiderhoek 2013: 319. …”

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Paul’s Letter to Free(d) Casual Workers: Profiling the Thessalonians in Light of the Roman Economy

Jung

2020

Journal for the Study of the New Testament

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There is a long history of dissonance between the (so-called) Old and New Consensuses with regard to the early Christians’ socio-economic status. The composition of the Thessalonian congregation, however, has been barely explored. Not only has some valuable evidence in 1 Thessalonians been neglected or underplayed, but also the Thessalonians’ socio-economic status has been deemed the same as that of the Corinthians or other Pauline Christians. In this regard, this article explores clues in the Pauline letters for the membership of the Thessalonian church in light of the Roman economy, while keeping open the possibility of its difference from other Pauline communities. It concludes that the Thessalonian church was a fairly homogeneous community of free/freed casual workers who lived around subsistence level (mostly PS6 and partly PS5 or PS7).

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Section: Manual and Casual Labourers In The Graeco-roman Worldmentioning

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Section: Free(d) Casual Workers With Social Network In the Thessamentioning

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Section: Free(d) Casual Workers With Social Network In the Thessamentioning

confidence: 99%

“… 12. Cf. Hawkins 2016: 23-65; Holleran 2011: 165-80; Kehoe 2012: 114-30; Garnsey 1988: 43-86; Wilson and Flohr 2016: 7-8; Broekaert and Zuiderhoek 2013: 319. …”

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Jung

2020

Journal for the Study of the New Testament

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“…For a general worker using a "bare bones subsistence basket", the resulting cost of supporting a family was roughly 29 249 grams of silver per year, while his earnings might come to around 289 grams of silver. 30 KEHOE 2012, 127. 27 SCHIEDEL 2009, 8.…”

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Social Position of Craftsmen inside the Stone and Marble Processing Trades in the Light of Diocletian’s Edict on Prices

Bosnić¹,

Matulić²

2018

ASMOSIA XI, Interdisciplinary Studies on Ancient Stone, Proceedings of the XI International Conference of ASMOSIA

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This paper examines Diocletian's edict on maximum prices, a decree made with the goal of controlling inflation in the time of the tetrarchy. Other than prescribing maximum prices for certain goods, it also prescribes wages for certain services. This information, compiled from several sources, is necessary for an understanding of the social position of people included in the industry of the extraction and processing of stone. Here, based on the sources displayed and the order of emphasized questions, the prescribed wages of physical workers (stonemasons, floor-layers and mosaic-makers) are compared, with special emphasis on mosaic workers. In addition, references that give us a better image of the workers' standard of living, as well as their social position, are provided.

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Disease Proxies and the Diagnosis of the Late Antonine Economy

Elliott

2020

Complexity Economics

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Contract labor

Cited by 5 publications

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Paul’s Letter to Free(d) Casual Workers: Profiling the Thessalonians in Light of the Roman Economy

Paul’s Letter to Free(d) Casual Workers: Profiling the Thessalonians in Light of the Roman Economy

Social Position of Craftsmen inside the Stone and Marble Processing Trades in the Light of Diocletian’s Edict on Prices

Disease Proxies and the Diagnosis of the Late Antonine Economy

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